Description

"Advancing the Profession by Exercising Leadership"
with Ernie Almonte, CPA, MST, CFF, CFE, CITP, CGFM - Past Chair of the AICPA

Sponsored by: PAYCHEX

Click here for a schedule of events and speaker's bio.

Steering Committee:
Trisha Cavanaugh, CPA, Chair, Shareholder, McFarren and Magnifico CPAs P.A., Wichita
Russell Shipley, CPA, Auditor Manager, Berberich Trahan & Co., P.A., Topeka 
Kristin Sekavec, CPA, Senior, Lewis, Hooper & Dick, LLC, Garden City
Damon C. Ward, CPA, Senior Tax Manager, SpiritAeroSystems, Inc., Wichita
Mary R. MacBain, CPA.CITP, CGMA, President/CEO, KSCPA, Topeka

Young professionals will be given an opportunity to learn how to develop leadership skills from one of the foremost leaders in the accounting profession who is a past chair of the AICPA and founder of the prestigious AICPA Leadership Academy. Ernie Almonte is the Chief Visionary Officer of a company he recently founded and is an adjunct professor at Brown University where his currciculum includes leadership development.

After the conference, participants will have the opportunity to network with each other at a networking reception.

Highlights

Ernie Almonte leads the Young Professionals Conference so that the participants are armed with leadership skills and techniques to help them succeed in their careers and the community. Role playing is used to demonstrate appropriate leadership behaviors.

Specific Topics Include:

- Core Values of a Leader

- Skill Sets Needed to Lead

- Actions Speak Louder than Words - What behaviors say, "That's Leadership!"

- How Leaders Communicate: Truth, Transparency, and Transformation 

- How to Build Trust

Objectives

To provide young professionals with an opportunity to develop their leadership skills, learn more about the KSCPA, and to network with other young professionals and leaders from the KSCPA.